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Today, March 6th, is the birthday of the great Orson Welles. He would have been 92. There are so many reasons why I find Welles to be one of the most interesting and dynamic creative forces of the twentieth century.
Here are just a few of his accomplishments:
He founded his own highly successful repertory theatre and radio troupes. He singlehandedly reinvented stage theatre with his writing, acting, directing, and technical innovations. He gained worldwide fame with his legendary War of the Worlds radio broadcast. His directorial cinematic debut, Citizen Kane, is today hailed by many as the single greatest and most influential movie of all time. He would win an Oscar for the screenplay and a nomination for Best Actor (to this day, he is still the only actor to be nominated for an Academy Award in a debut performance). He was featured on the cover of Time magazine. He dated Billie Holiday. He went to Spain and fought a bull.
All before his 26th birthday.
So...what have you done lately?
Open source is the future, I guess. Even in the world of advertising and entertainment. Someday soon, Coke will provide us with raw footage and ask us to cut our own commercials for them. Maybe the next Friday the 13th movie will be made by fans from parts of other Friday the 13th movies. It might be pretty good, too (or just as bad, depending on how you look at it).
So get your editing skills in shape by participating in Stray Cinema's open source film project. Download the raw film footage. Craft your own narrative. Then edit to your heart's content (links to free editing software can be found on the site). You upload a two-minute sample of your film, people vote on their favorites, and in true open source fashion, the best ideas win. Three winners will get to edit their complete film and present it at a London screening.
You have until June 21 to submit your film sample.
When it comes to creativity, limits can be very liberating. Check out the films already submitted. It's amazing how many different ideas can come from the same pool of footage.
Via Thoughtspurs.
